Liurong Temple | Su Dongpo has been here, how can you miss it

| Su Dongpo has been here, how can you miss it.🌿 "Guangxiao is known for its trees, and Jinghui is known for its pagoda". 🔸Liurong Temple is just a street away from Guangxiao Temple, and together with Guangxiao, Hualin, and Hoi Tong Temples, it is known as one of the four great Buddhist monasteries in Guangzhou. - 🔸Originally named Jinghui Temple, it is said that Su Dongpo passed by this place, found the banyan trees shading the sun, and the serene Zen atmosphere, and with a flourish of his brush, he wrote the words "Liurong". It was not until the Qing Dynasty's Guangxu period that "Liurong Temple" became its official name. Upon careful appreciation, one can still get close to the ink fragrance transformed by Su Dongpo's writing. - 🔸Compared to the scale of Guangxiao Temple, Liurong Temple may be compact but it holds immense historical value. The "Liurong Flower Pagoda" inside the temple stands tall with its eaves and walls dazzlingly brilliant. The pagoda has eight sides, nine tiers, and a total of seventeen levels, and it is said that from the top one can overlook the old Guangzhou city, making it the tallest ancient pagoda from the Song Dynasty still existing in the Lingnan region. - 🔸Today's Liurong Temple, inheriting a millennium of devotion and cultural context, is bustling with pilgrims, making this temple a pure land for the soul, filled with wisdom and harmony. ---------- 💡Tips: In the temple, flowers are used to honor Buddha, and you can offer lamps or write wish ribbons for blessings inside the temple. It's good to bring some peanuts and fruits as offerings to Buddha. Remember to walk clockwise around the flower pagoda, with odd numbers being auspicious. Then turn the wheel of fortune, symbolizing smooth sailing from then on. Do not wear revealing clothes! Do not be noisy! Do not take photos of the Buddha statues! ----------- 🎈Address: No. 87, Liurong Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou 🚗Transportation: Walk 500 meters from Exit of Park Front Station of Metro🚇 Line 1/2 🎫Ticket: Free 🕰️Hours: 8:00-16:30